Science Man and His Environment/Sustainability

Introduction

Important topics of discussion today in the environmental field are sustainability and sustainable development. The problem that everybody defines them differently.

Activity

Below are links to definitions of and discussion of sustainability and sustainable development. Read through them and think about how you would define the concept. Also you may search the web for the terms

Links

• Most commonly used definition
• Further information on definition
• Introduction and Criticism
• In depth review of the meaning of sustainable development (PDF)
• Is sustainable development dead?

• Introduction to sustainable development
• List of sites in sustainability web ring

• Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
• Millennium Development Goal on environmental sustainability
• UN Division on Sustainable Development

• Wikipedia article on sustainable development

The following two websites have many articles on sustainability and sustainable development

• SciDev.net
• Triple Pundit